SIVIC (Specialty Vehicles) – St Jean sur Richelieu, September 14-15

(CanadaExport)

More than 25 OEMs, local and international, are to participate in the 4th edition of the International Industrial Vehicles and Body Trade Show organized by the Specialty Vehicles and Transportation Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (AMETVS).

Date: September 14-15, 2010
Location: St.Jean sur Richelieu, Canada

SIVIC 2010 will host buyers from North America, Mexico and Europe in need of innovative solutions and heavy duty equipment. Don’t miss this opportunity for business networking and staying on top of latest trends in the special, commercial and industrial vehicles sector.

For more information visit the event website or email Marie Helene Beland: marie-helene.beland@international.gc.ca

Colombia’s Only International Mining Show to Host Canadian Pavilion – Medellin, Colombia, October 6-8, 2010

(CanadaExport)

The Canadian Embassy in Colombia is organizing a national pavilion at Colombia Minera, the country’s only international mining show.

The Canadian pavilion will provide Canadian organizations the opportunity to exhibit their products and services and discover business and investment opportunities in Colombian mining projects.

This event will feature the latest technologies and services available in the mining sector, as well as networking sessions, one-on-one meetings and specialized conferences. Key players in the international mining industry will exchange scientific and technological information, ideas and solutions related to the Colombian mining industry.

For more information, visit the event website event website or contact:
Alejandra Calderón
Embassy of Canada in Colombia
Tel.: (011-57-1) 657-9851, Fax: (011-57-1) 657-9915, alejandra.calderongomez@international.gc.ca

PMAC International Symposium Coming to Toronto This Fall [September 26-28]

(Canadian Transportation & Logistics)

Supply chain management researchers from around the world will be joining practitioners in Toronto for the 8th Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management Sept. 26-28.

Hosted by the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC), this year’s theme is Exploring the Leading Edge in SCM: Innovation, Sustainability, Performance Measurement.

Practitioners and researchers from around the world will be represented at the event, including those from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Qatar, Switzerland, Pakistan, the United Kingdom and the U.S.

“The symposium encourages thought leadership in the field of strategic supply chain management on a global level,” said recently appointed PMAC president and CEO Cheryl Paradowski. “Practitioners and researchers benefit greatly from each other. Practitioners are well-versed in current best practices but are rarely exposed to emerging research, which can provide profound advantages to organizations who are early adopters.”

“Practitioners are encountering problems in the field that they do not have time to address. Bringing together academics and practitioners ensures that academics are studying real problems and generating solutions that are useful and not just theoretically neat,” said Dr. Steven A. Melnyk, chair of this year’s event and professor of operations management at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad School of Business.

Dr. Linda Sprague, first emeritus professor at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai, will deliver the opening keynote. In her speech, Dr. Sprague will discuss China’s rapidly evolving supply chain infrastructure.

The symposium program also features presentations and in-depth panel discussions on current and emerging issues in SCM, including:

• Integrating sustainability into strategic purchasing;
• Sustainability metrics for supply chains;
• Impact of supply chain strategy and structure on firm performance;
• Integrated new product development on a global scale;
• Contractor incentives: Introducing performance-based logistics;
• High performance in procurement risk management; and
• Supply chain sustainability through supplier development.

New to this year’s symposium is a plant tour that will take delegates to the Daily Bread Food Bank for a behind-the-scenes look at its complex supply chain. The central distribution centre for southwestern Ontario, Daily Bread is responsible for receiving food products at multiple locations, sorting, transporting and tracking all donations.

For more information or to register, visit http://www.scmsymposium.org.

79th Annual Conference & Trade Show: Looking Beyond the Obvious – Program Highlights

(IE Canada)

October 18-20, 2010 – Delta Meadowvale Resort & Conference Centre

You are responsible for customs compliance at your company and everything seems to be under control; but do you know what topics are quickly going to become your future compliance projects?

The speed of business today requires that we all be proactive and act before today’s topic becomes tomorrow’s issue. I.E.Canada, Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters has been serving the trade community for 79 years and holds the largest annual customs conference for importers and exporters. We understand the pressures you face. That is why this year’s theme is “Looking Beyond the Obvious”.

I.E.Canada is delighted to announce that Stephen Rigby, President, Canada Border Services Agency, Alan Bersin, Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Ing. Juan José Bravo Moisés, Administrador General de Aduanas, Servicio de Administración Tributaria are confirmed as keynote luncheon speakers.

For more information on the program or to register, please click here.

BioContact 2010 – Quebec, October 6-7

Date: October 6 and 7, 2010
Location: Quebec, Canada
Email: Robert Landry: robert.landry@international.gc.ca

Event website: http://www.biocontact.qc.ca

This year’s 17th edition will gather over 120 companies in the biopharmaceutical sector from Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. Opportunities for one-on-one business meetings. These meetings will be offered in consecutive 30-minute periods. Senior representatives from presenting biopharmaceutical companies and our strategic partners will be on hand for biopartnering sessions.

News from Thompson Ahern: Weekly Updates

An updated list of recently published government memorandums, notices, regulations and decisions for the week ending September 3, 2010 is now available on our website here.

Manufacturing Growth Data From The US And China Helps Boost Markets

(MercoPress)

Manufacturing growth in the US and China improved in August, helping to boost global stock markets. The US sector expanded for its 13th straight month in August, according to the Institute for Supply Management. And China’s purchasing manager’s index, or PMI, has revealed its first gain in four months. China’s growth raised hopes that it will increase consumption of US exports, and help sustain America’s economic recovery.

In the US, the Institute said that its manufacturing index rose to 56.3 in August, up from 55.5 in July. A reading above 50 indicates growth. US factories have seen rising demand for exports and also from businesses that are renewing capital equipment and re-building stocks.

Meanwhile, China’s PMI, which measures manufacturing growth, rose to 51.7 in August from 51.2 in July. A separate HSBC survey also showed a rise, reaching a three-month high of 51.9 in August from 49.4 in July. Anything above 50 shows an expansion.

The data from the US and China helped this week to lift stock markets. However in China market performance was more erratic since there are concerns about slowing Chinese economic growth in the long term. Read more here.

China Slams Allegations of Exchange Rate Subsidies

(AFP)

China dismissed allegations by US producers over its exchange rate as “groundless” on Wednesday, as Washington said there was no evidence that the undervalued yuan constituted a state subsidy.

The US Commerce Department said Tuesday it found insufficient evidence to probe allegations that China’s undervalued currency is the equivalent of a state subsidy to its manufacturers. The allegations were made by US producers angry about imports of aluminum products and coated paper from China.

“We noted the ruling made by the US Commerce Department... according to the related agreements of the World Trade Organisation, foreign exchange issues do not constitute subsidies,” China’s Commerce Ministry said. “We hope the US side will continue to follow WTO rules on cases of trade remedy and carry out (trade) probes in a prudent way,” it said in a statement, adding that specific allegations against the Chinese products were “groundless.” Read more here.

DFAIT Handbook of Export and Import Commodity Codes

(CIFFA eBulletin)

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada posted an updated list of export and import commodity codes changes since 2010. The update can be downloaded here.

Trade Credit Allows Sellers and Buyers to Manage Business Risk

(World Bank)

A new working paper by Leora Klapper, Luc Laeven and Raghuram Rajan shows how suppliers and buyers use trade credit as a competitive gesture and risk-management tool. The authors draw on data from nearly 30,000 supplier contracts for 56 large buyers and more than 24,000 suppliers in Europe and North America, all of varying size, investment grade and sector.

The evidence points to four important — and not mutually exclusive — ways trade credit helps to manage risk: as a method of financing, as a means of price discrimination, as a bond assuring buyers of product quality, and as a screening mechanism to gauge buyer default risk.

In particular, the largest and most creditworthy buyers receive contracts with the longest maturities (as measured by net days) from smaller, investment-grade suppliers. By contrast, early-payment discounts seem to be used as a risk management tool to limit the potential nonpayment risk of trade credit. Early payment discounts are generally offered to smaller, non-investment grade buyers. The results suggest that contract terms are jointly determined by supplier and buyer characteristics.

Download the World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5328 here.

ACI eManifest Roll-Out Delayed Again

(Deanna Pagnan – Canadian Trucking Alliance)

Implementation postponed by one month to Oct. 31

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it is again delaying the implementation of the ACI eManifest program for the highway mode, this time by one month from September 30th to October 31st, 2010. ACI eManifest was initially slated to roll out in June of this year, but was pushed to September to allow CBSA to ensure the integrity of the program given the volumes of data being transmitted by highway carriers. According to CBSA the reason for the most recent delay is related to the software of other commercial programs, not ACI.

According to Jason Proceviat, CBSA’s eManifest Director, “While ACI is ready to go, we bundle some commercial programs together, and there are a few delays from other areas that need to be addressed before we can go live.”

Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) CEO David Bradley said "the trucking industry understands the challenges involved in implementing such a complex program, but we are frustrated by the latest delay.” He said he hopes CBSA will meet the new implementation date. “Carriers are seeking improved efficiencies at the border,” he said. “This includes electronic transmission of data through ACI, and we are looking forward to implementation sooner rather than later. We want to avoid the stop-start pattern that characterized implementation of the ACE eManifest program in the US.”

There is a keen interest from the trucking industry in getting the program rolled out. Carriers have been preparing for ACI eManifest for a number of years now. In fact, close to a hundred carriers approached CBSA just to participate in the early testing of ACI. CTA has been working closely on the development of the program and believes it will have a beneficial impact on cross-border efficiency.

CFIA: Vietnam Certificate

(CFIA)

Vietnam is enhancing controls for imported foods of animal origin that will affect Canadian fish and seafood exports. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has been working with Vietnamese officials to maintain market access for Canadian exporters.

CFIA has successfully negotiated a certificate for non-live fish that is required for each consignment of non-live fish and fishery products exported from Canada to Vietnam. Implementation date is September 1, 2010. Please ensure that you use this updated certificate for shipments certified after September 1, 2010.

A separate certificate for live fish will be required and negotiations for this certificate are in progress. CFIA will provide further notice about the requirements for the certification of live fish once the negotiations have been completed.”

Tariff Wars: US Penalises Aluminum Imports From China

((domain-b.com)

Aluminum and glossy paper manufacturers had claimed that an undervalued currency acted as a subsidy for Chinese producers allowing them to undercut American competitors.

The Commerce Department rejected these arguments.

The petition became a cause celebre of sorts with American manufacturers as the Treasury Department refused to escalate matters with the Chinese by dubbing them as currency manipulators.

US Congressional lawmakers have been pressing hard to introduce legislation that would compel the Commerce Department to act in this regard and recognise China’s currency manipulation, if it fails to act on its own.

“The Commerce Department made its finding while still managing to ignore the elephant in the room, which is China’s currency manipulation,” Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said yesterday in a statement. “Once again, even when the opportunity is thrust into its hands, the administration has refused to take action.”

Commerce department officials said the complaints were rejected as China’s currency policy wasn’t “specific to the enterprise or industries being investigated.” Read more here.

‘Buy American’ Final Rule Issued by DHS

(Specialty Fabrics Review)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rejected concerns about whether the buy American requirements for textile and apparel products in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act sufficiently assists textile manufacturing in the U.S. The agency adopted, without change, the interim rule issued in August 2009, ignoring commenters’ call to have the new rules mirror the Berry Amendment that governs textile and apparel purchases by the Department of Defense. Objections to the new rules include concerns about de minimis exceptions to the rule, allowing use of non-domestically made parts, definition of the term ‘national security interests’ and refusing to make exceptions for preferred trading partners, such as Mexico, Canada and Chile.

Export Development Canada Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Mexico Representation

(Export Development Canada)

Export Development Canada (EDC) is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the opening of its first of two representations in Mexico, capping a decade in which the Canadian export credit agency undertook almost CAD 20 billion in business volume in the Mexican market.

“Mexico has been a longstanding market of choice for Canadian exporters and investors because of the natural matches between the key sectors in our countries,” said Stephen Poloz, Senior Vice-President of Financing, EDC, who is in Mexico this week to meet with EDC's Mexican customers, partners and Canadian clients. “The billions in business between EDC and our Mexican customers reflect the esteem that Canadian companies have for the energy and growth focus of the Mexican market.”

EDC provides financial solutions to Mexican companies that have or are considering Canadian suppliers or partners. The key sectors of EDC related trade between Canada and Mexico are mining, oil and gas, infrastructure and the environment, telecommunications and transportation. Read the complete press release here.

Heavy Border Traffic Expected for Labor Day Weekend

(Debbie Townsend — The Bellingham Herald)

Expect heavy traffic at all border crossings throughout this weekend as both the U.S. and Canada have national holidays Monday, Sept. 6.

Canadians also celebrate Labor Day, called Labour Day there. Like in the U.S., it’s considered the last hoorah of summer, and many services and businesses are closed, though lots of restaurants and retail shopping remain open. Call ahead if you’re unsure about a business’ status.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a reminder to travelers to have all their documents needed to cross the border and to plan extra time for border backups. Crossings usually are busiest from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

For updates on border traffic, go to wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/border/.

Customs Staying Put, For Now

(Michael Peeling — Standard Freeholder)

Any bets the Canada Border Services Agency will settle on a permanent location for the port of entry anytime soon are off.

Following a meeting with Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger and Akwesasne Grand Chief Mike Mitchell on Tuesday, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has said it’s looking at another 365 days stationed in Cornwall at the foot of the Seaway International Bridge.

“We expect to remain at the current interim location for at least another year,” wrote Sabrina Mehes, a spokesperson for the CBSA, in an e-mail. Read more here.

Monthly Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Up Again

(World Trade Interactive)

The Department of Transportation reports that U.S. surface transportation trade in goods with NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico rose 4.6% from May to June. The $69.9 billion total for June represented a 37.6% jump from a year earlier. Surface transportation consists largely of freight movements by truck, rail and pipeline and in June accounted for about 87% of U.S. trade by value with Canada and Mexico.

Surface trade between the U.S. and Canada totaled $42.0 billion in June, up $1.8 billion from May and 35.5% higher than a year earlier. Exports by truck increased 34.2% by value from the previous year while imports by truck rose 35.8%. U.S.-Mexico surface transportation trade totaled $27.8 billion, up $1.2 billion from the previous month and 41.0% from June 2009. Exports by truck rose 34.5% by value from a year before while imports by truck increased 37.9%.

According to the DOT, the value of U.S. surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico in June was up 17.5% compared to June 2005 and 38.0% from June 2000, including a 43.4% jump for exports and a 33.7% gain for imports.

Pushing Trade with Panama

(Toronto Sun – Laura Payton)

The federal government will present a law this fall to formally endorse a trade deal with Panama, International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan said Monday. Van Loan and Panamanian Commerce and Industry Minister Roberto Henríquez signed the agreement in May, but Canada still has to pass a law to bring it into force.

The government says the agreement will cut tariffs against raw Canadian goods like agricultural products, wood, pulp and paper products, seafood, and iron and steel, as well as finished exports like machinery, cars, aerospace and pharmaceuticals.

Panama had the highest GDP growth in the Americas in 2008. The country is expanding its famous canal, which should be done in 2014. The government hopes the expansion will mean more work in engineering and construction, and more material exports.

“Panama plays a pivotal role in the movement of goods around the world. This vital gateway is currently under expansion, a great opportunity to generate jobs and investment for Canadian companies,” Van Loan said.

CFIA: Changes to Import Notification Requirements – Phase 3

(CFIA)

This notice is to inform importers and brokers that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will be implementing phase 3 of the changes to import notification requirements for products in the non-federally registered food sector, effective November 08, 2010.

Please click here for more information.

Backlash Over China Curb on Metal Exports

(The Telegraph – Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)

China’s draconian export curbs on rare earth minerals needed by the rest of the world for frontier technologies is escalating into a serious diplomatic and trade clash with the United States and other leading powers.

Japan’s foreign minister Katsuya Okada issued what amounted to a formal protest at top-level meeting with Chinese officials in Beijing over the weekend, saying the sudden cut-off was “affecting the global production chain”.

It is the latest sign of rising pressure after angry complaints by companies outside China that rely on this family of 17 metals for hybrid cars, mobile phones, superconductors, navigation, and a host of high-tech industries. Read more here.

Van Loan Says Canada in Early Stages of Mercosur Trade Talks

(Bloomberg)

Canadian Trade Minister Peter Van Loan said the goverment has started exploratory trade discussions with South America’s Mercosur bloc, which consists of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

“While it’s in an early stage yet, we are pleased with the first steps,” Van Loan said on a conference call with reporters.

Export Slowdown Widens Current Account Gap

(Reuters – Louise Egan)

A slowdown in exports to the United States caused Canada’s current account deficit to widen more than expected in the second quarter to C$11.02 billion ($10.5 billion), Statistics Canada said on Monday. The country’s seventh consecutive current account shortfall was larger than the C$10.7 billion deficit analysts had predicted in a Reuters poll and represented deterioration from the revised first-quarter deficit of C$8.46 billion. Statscan revised its first-quarter figure from an initial estimate of a C$7.82 billion deficit.

Read more here. Summary statistics and links to the data files are on the Statistics Canada website here.

U.S. Fleets Fear HoS Reduction, Driver Shortage

(Canadian Transportation & Logistics – James Menzies)

There are several issues weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. fleet executives who were speaking at the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference this week in Dallas, and they may not be what you'd expect.

Trucking industry leaders at the event seemed satisfied that freight volumes, and even trucking rates, were rebounding. What really concerned them was a growing sense that U.S. hours-of-service will soon be reduced and that a driver shortage of unprecedented proportions will soon arrive.

U.S. hours-of-service rules have been under review since late last year, when a coalition of special interest groups convinced the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration they were unsafe, even though highway safety has improved under the existing rules.

Fleet managers in attendance seemed resigned to the fact that allowable daily driving hours will be reduced by one or two hours as early as this fall and the 34-hour restart provision could even be stretched to 48 hours if lobbyists have their way.

"The hours-of-service rewrite is a political football and it will have nothing to do with good science," said ATA chairman Tommy Hodges. "It's a political football that is going to get passed over our heads. There's a good possibility we will lose one to two hours of driving time and there's a strong possibility we'll lose the 34-hour restart." Read more here.

Canada and Costa Rica Set to Enhance Free Trade Agreement

(Minister of International Trade)

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, announced yesterday that Canada and Costa Rica have agreed to work toward modernizing the existing bilateral free trade agreement. Minister Van Loan made the announcement following his meeting with the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Minister, Anabel Gonzalez.

“Our government’s aggressive free trade agenda is creating opportunities for Canadian businesses and workers and is securing future prosperity for Canadians and our trading partners in the hemisphere,” said Minister Van Loan. “Costa Rica is our largest trading partner in the region, and updating our free trade agreement is the logical next step in our growing commercial relationship.”

Canada and Costa Rica have enjoyed excellent bilateral relations, enhanced by the entry into force of the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement in 2002, a first-generation agreement that focuses mainly on trade in goods and excludes substantive provisions in areas such as cross-border trade in services, government procurement, financial services and investment.

An updated free trade agreement could lower tariffs on goods and remove trade barriers in a broad range of sectors, creating new opportunities for the Canadian construction, manufacturing and agricultural industries. It could also expand market access for cross-border trade in services, financial services, electronic commerce, telecommunications and investment, as well as secure access to the government procurement market.

Two-way trade between Canada and Costa Rica totalled $441.8 million in 2009. In the same year, Canadian exports consisted mainly of preserved foods, machinery, and paper and paperboard.

USTR Confirms Sept. 1 Date for Eliminating Import Duty on Canadian Softwood Lumber

(World Trade Interactive)

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a notice confirming that as of Sept. 1 it will stop collecting an additional 10% import duty on certain softwood lumber products from the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The U.S. has collected this duty since April 2009 to remedy Canada’s breach of certain obligations under the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement. That step followed Ottawa’s refusal to comply with a February 2009 arbitral tribunal decision that Canada should collect this charge itself.

In recent months, however, the government of Canada had adopted measures to address the SLA violations and has agreed to collect the 10% export charge, effective with respect to softwood lumber products with a shipment date of Sept. 1 or later. Canada will collect this charge until the total of the amounts collected under the U.S. import duty and the Canadian export charge is equal to C$68 million. Because USTR has determined that these measures satisfactorily grant the rights of the U.S. under the SLA, it is removing the additional 10% import duty, effective with respect to imports with a shipment date of Sept. 1 or later.

Medical Devices Reimbursement Workshops – Winnipeg & Edmonton, Sept 20-23

(FAITC)

Date: September 20-23, 2010
Location: Winnipeg and Edmonton, Canada

Contact: Cynthia Stevenson, Trade Commissioner (Health Industries), Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C. cynthia.stevenson@international.gc.ca

One-day workshops in Winnipeg and Edmonton for medical device companies on developing a market strategy that integrates reimbursement, the FDA regulatory process, securing investment/VC partners, and successful commercialization through appropriate business partners and distribution channels.

FDA Pre-Market Approval Workshops – Toronto & Montreal, Sept.21-23

(FAITC)

Date: September 21 to 23, 2010
Location: Toronto and Montreal, Canada

Contact: Cynthia Stevenson, Trade Commissioner (Health Industries), Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C. cynthia.stevenson@international.gc.ca

Two specialists from the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health will present day-long workshops to Canadian manufacturers of medical devices and technologies and supporting institutional stakeholders that are approaching completion of product development with intent to export to the U.S. in the near term. The workshops address in-depth the requirements for Pre-Market Notification (510(k)) and Pre-Market Approval (PMA) procedures for the importation of medical devices and technologies into the U.S.

Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: A Guide to Canadian Trade Restrictions

(Carswell)

The first of its kind in Canada, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: A Guide to Canadian Trade Restrictions contains a comprehensive review of Canada’s system of trade restrictions, with emphasis on Canadian export controls but covering as well U.N.-mandated sanctions and a range of other measures that may be less well-known but which have a critical impact of Canada’s external trade and on the conduct of business in the international marketplace. Find out more here.

The C-TPAT 5-Step Risk Assessment: How to Meet CBP’s Expectations and Keep Your Cargo Moving – Webinar, September 8

(Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg)

Webinar – Ref#1124
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
1:00-2:30pm EST
Cost: $99.00

CBP is now requiring companies, particularly importers, to develop and implement a 5-step risk assessment process as part of their C-TPAT programs. Although CBP has stated that this is not a new concept, many companies are not sure how to satisfy this requirement in the most efficient, cost-effective manner.

Importers and C-TPAT members are urged to attend this ninety-minute webinar, in which we will cover the mechanics of conducting a C-TPAT risk assessment that effectively addresses all five steps, including threat and vulnerability assessments, in a way that will satisfy CBP without overburdening company personnel.

Attendees will also take away the most up-to-date information on how to adequately prepare for C-TPAT validations and revalidations, as well as conduct security training and awareness for company personnel and supply chain partners. The webinar will address proven C-TPAT “best practices” to effectively maintain validation status, and will include an interactive question and answer session during which participants can raise issues pertinent to their C-TPAT activities.

This webinar will be presented by Lenny Feldman, a Member of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. and Manager of the Miami office. Mr. Feldman concentrates his practice in complex issues pertaining to import classification and valuation, trade preference qualification, textile transshipment, seizures and penalties, importer/broker compliance programs, export controls, and C-TPAT/border security. Mr. Feldman is nationally known as a leading C-TPAT expert having advised hundreds of companies through the certification, validation and revalidation processes. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Feldman was a senior attorney with the U.S. Customs Service in Washington, D.C., from 1991 to 2000. While serving in the Penalties, Value and General Classification branches at CBP headquarters, he issued several hundred national guidelines, directives and administrative rulings.

Register online here.

Bringing Compliance into the Boardroom – Webinar, Sept 15

(American Shipper)

American Shipper is pleased to invite you to attend Bringing Compliance into the Boardroom, hosted by associate editor Eric Kulisch. This free webinar will broadcast live on September 15th at 2 PM ET. Please register here.

This 60 minute roundtable discussion will include the following expert panelists:

• Beth Peterson, President of BPE

• Nathan Pieri, SVP of Marketing & Product Management for Management Dynamics

• Virginia Thompson, Director of Import/Export Operations and Int. Trade Compliance for Crate and Barrel

Our panel will discuss the best strategies for compliance professionals to get executive level cooperation and sponsorship of their initiatives. Our focus will include:

• The pain points of each member in the boardroom and how they relate to compliance issues - Key messaging to use when speaking to each board member

• Tools to use in your presentation, such as quantifying compliance and its effect on the bottom line

• How automation can contribute to your efforts by adding value and saving money

This webinar, sponsored by Management Dynamics, is a must-attend event to help you learn how to get the attention your compliance department deserves from your C-level executives.

Please feel free to reach out to our help desk if you have any questions at HelpDesk@shippers.com